Competitive communities represented the baseline intra- and inter-population competition common to 'all' communities, while commensalism served as the most stringent control to be discriminated against.
Like most cities where there's a dominant industry and a surplus of competition, it's common to believe that your career or alma mater makes you a better person which is dumb, because Arianna Huffington went to Cambridge, and Donald Rumsfeld went to Georgetown and Princeton.
Attachment to, and competition for, territory is common to all animals – the principal distinction being that human territorial attachments have historically resulted in more complex, and usually bloodier, consequences.
In a practice common to design competitions overseas, but seldom found in the United States, they have invited younger applicants to compete with more established offices.
And the skills issues — and global competition — that United Technologies faces are common to any technology company.
True, that is cold comfort to U.S. workers who lose their jobs to foreign competition or, as is more common, to robots and other technological advances.
Whilst the specific threats vary among species, problems such as introduced predators, loss of suitable nesting habitat and inter- and intra-specific competition for nest sites are common to many situations.
We want cooperation instead of competition, common instead of corporate interest, solidarity instead of greed, strong social relationships instead of meaningless consumption, mindful resource stewardship instead of extractivism and compassion instead of indifference.
Writing in pilish and pi memorisation competitions are common ways to celebrate Pi Day, but the most popular activities usually involve the eating of pies, an appropriate pun since pies are often circular.
One such project, which has earned over $80,000 in funding through grants and business plan competitions, aims to improve a common form of eye surgery.
